Comments on: Five reasons the idea of moving the date of Carnival is patently dotish* http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/ The Caribbean's first podcast - almost live from Trinidad and Tobago! Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:56:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Global Voices Online » Trinidad & Tobago: ‘Mas in April? http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/comment-page-1/#comment-437567 Global Voices Online » Trinidad & Tobago: ‘Mas in April? Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:57:56 +0000 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/#comment-437567 [...] money and use it for something else, because the idea is just plain absurd”: Caribbean Free Radio responds to news that a group of “Carnival stakeholders” is proposing “that Trinidad [...] [...] money and use it for something else, because the idea is just plain absurd”: Caribbean Free Radio responds to news that a group of “Carnival stakeholders” is proposing “that Trinidad [...]

]]> By: Colin http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/comment-page-1/#comment-437025 Colin Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:34:43 +0000 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/#comment-437025 (to SAH) 'Crap Over'....hahahahahahahaha! (to SAH)

‘Crap Over’….hahahahahahahaha!

]]> By: SAH http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/comment-page-1/#comment-436518 SAH Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:32:30 +0000 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/#comment-436518 It's the final admission that carnival is all about money now, and everything has to be predictable and controlled...whose songs get played, who you see in fetes, bands etc etc. The reasons carnival is a mess have nothing to do with the date. Also they forget there are other festivals in April like Plymouth Jazz, Easter....if we change, we might as well call the thing Crap Over. Steups. It’s the final admission that carnival is all about money now, and everything has to be predictable and controlled…whose songs get played, who you see in fetes, bands etc etc. The reasons carnival is a mess have nothing to do with the date. Also they forget there are other festivals in April like Plymouth Jazz, Easter….if we change, we might as well call the thing Crap Over. Steups.

]]> By: shells http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/comment-page-1/#comment-436321 shells Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:30:29 +0000 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/#comment-436321 well said... well said…

]]> By: Colin http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/comment-page-1/#comment-435555 Colin Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:56:03 +0000 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/#comment-435555 Just to add to what you've said, as I remarked on a similar blog at <a href="http://keithintrinidad.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Keith In Trinidad </a> they are basing their specious proposal on the disingenuous premise that the (let's be frank, here)<i>indulgence</i> of Carnival - and the success of the lucrative enterprises it engenders - is inextricably tied to its proximity to the Christmas celebration. On the contrary, the Carnival machine roars into life from as early as the preceding September, with band launches <i>en masse</i> followed hard on the heels by a harvest of music being released, and a bevy of exorbitant parties being held (and well-attended too!), all the way up to Dimanche Gras weekend. For my part, this is not so much folly as it is thinly-veiled cupidity. Just to add to what you’ve said, as I remarked on a similar blog at Keith In Trinidad
they are basing their specious proposal on the disingenuous premise that the (let’s be frank, here)indulgence of Carnival – and the success of the lucrative enterprises it engenders – is inextricably tied to its proximity to the Christmas celebration.

On the contrary, the Carnival machine roars into life from as early as the preceding September, with band launches en masse followed hard on the heels by a harvest of music being released, and a bevy of exorbitant parties being held (and well-attended too!), all the way up to Dimanche Gras weekend.

For my part, this is not so much folly as it is thinly-veiled cupidity.

]]> By: Colin http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/comment-page-1/#comment-435520 Colin Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:29:45 +0000 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2008/01/19/five-reasons-the-idea-of-moving-the-date-of-carnival-is-patently-dotish/#comment-435520 Excellent, trenchant observations. Well stated. Excellent, trenchant observations. Well stated.

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